Gladiator already diverted from history quite ... there are still five prominent characters based on real-life historical figures, plus one more whos purportedly an amalgamation of two historical ...

The gladiator doctor named Ravi in Gladiator II is based on some real-life historical figures and knowledge. Following the ...

Gladiator II is not a particularly historically accurate movie, even if many of the principal players are based on real Roman figures. The real Lucius died as a boy. He certainly didn’t grow up ...

A full quarter century later, Gladiator still holds up as one of the ... While most of the film's characters are real ancient figures, Maximus was fictional. 2. Ridley Scott was convinced he ...

It features characters based on real historical figures as well as those created for the film. Much like its predecessor, “Gladiator II” centers on spectacular gladiatorial games held at the ...

Hollywood movies celebrating gladiators often glorify rogue figures who rose up heroically against oppression, harnessing the violence they’d been taught in an effort to overthrow their masters.